1Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
2Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
3But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
4Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
5But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
6For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
7For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
8For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man.
9Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
10For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
11Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
12For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
13Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
14Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
15But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
16But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God
Now I put the whole passage because we need to take it as a whole and in it's context.
Why did he have to write?
So the foundation of this script is that it is speaking about a husband and a wife not general men and women. The context of usage of man and woman here is specifically dealing with husband and wife relationships. This can be shown by the fact that the head of every husband is Christ and the head of the wife is the husband.
So now when a man (husband) prayed covering his head in that culture he was dishonoring his "head" which head? The head he is speaking about is not his physical head but the head that was laid out in the verse before, meaning Christ. So the man covering his head in their custom was not showing headship over his wife. Because the covering of the head was a sign of submission in the marital context. How could he pray and prophesy if he was not taking the headship in his marriage?
11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
doth not nature?
If a man had the long hair he would be seen as dishonoring his head which is Christ because what they understood it to be was.
SHORT HAIR= Man of God who is the Head of his Wife
That was the fact in that time which is why paul used it. The word of God is not trying to lay a law about long hair. It is laying a law about the confines in which a marriage is supposed to be carried out with respect to headship and submission.
A man ensuring that he get's his family to church on time every Sunday.
If your hair is an expression of you it's no problem....... if it's an expression of your pride/idolatry then there is a problem.
Idolizing your hair is as real as idolizing a golden calf. (both male and female)





